by Martin Ettington | May 7, 2014 | Aging, Anti-Aging, Biology, Longevity, Longevity & Health, Longevity Article, Science Research |
A transfusion of youthful blood may halt or even reverse the ageing process as two studies find that the chemical make-up of younger blood has surprising health benefits Transfusions of young blood could hold the key to reversing the signs of ageing, scientists...
by Martin Ettington | May 3, 2014 | Aging, Biology, Cell Regeneration, Cells, Longevity, Longevity Article, Science Research |
Date: May 1, 2014 Source: University of Cambridge Summary: Scientists have identified a key chemical that can repair the damage to cells which causes a rare but devastating disease involving accelerated aging. As well as offering a promising new way of treating the...
by Martin Ettington | Apr 28, 2014 | Aging, Biology, Cells, Longevity, Longevity Article, Science Research |
Apr 25, 2014 by Mark Derewicz (Phys.org) —The evidence for what causes aging has typically been limited to the study of a single organism’s lifespan; our cells divide many times throughout our lives and eventually cause organs and our bodies to age and break...
by Martin Ettington | Apr 26, 2014 | Aging, Biology, Longevity, Longevity & Health, Longevity Article, Science Research |
This shows the nuclear localization of HLH-30/TFEB in C. elegans. Credit: Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute Scientists at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute have identified a key factor that regulates the autophagy process, a kind of cleansing...
by Martin Ettington | Feb 27, 2014 | Aging, Biology, Immortality, Longevity, Longevity Article, Science Research |
University of Bristol Summary:Researchers have discovered a microbe that stays forever young by rejuvenating every time it reproduces. Researchers have discovered a microbe that stays forever young by rejuvenating every time it reproduces. The findings, published in...
by Martin Ettington | Feb 26, 2014 | Aging, Biology, Longevity, Longevity & Health, Longevity Article, Science Research |
Source: Albert Einstein College of Medicine Summary:While the search continues for the Fountain of Youth, researchers may have found the body’s “fountain of aging”: the brain region known as the hypothalamus. For the first time, scientists report...
by Martin Ettington | Feb 6, 2014 | Aging, Biology, Genetics, Healthy Aging, Longevity, Longevity & Health, Longevity Article, Science Research |
US scientists studying the genes of a large group of centenarians found 150 unique DNA sequences predicted exceptional longevity with 77 per cent accuracy, and showed that 19 clusters of the sequences or “genetic signatures” had strong links with different...
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by Martin Ettington | Feb 3, 2014 | Aging, Biology, Longevity, Science Research |
Date:January 27, 2014 Source:Boston University Medical Center Summary: Studies have suggested that the protein SirT1 may be protective in metabolic diseases and the effects of aging, and diminished SirT1 activity has been reported in various disease models including...
by Martin Ettington | Feb 2, 2014 | Aging, Biology, Genetics, Longevity, Longevity & Health, Longevity Article, Metabolism, Science Research |
Researchers have identified a major obstacle to converting cells back to their youthful state — the speed of the cell cycle, or the time required for a cell to divide. A fundamental axiom of biology used to be that cell fate is a one-way street — once a...
by Martin Ettington | Jan 26, 2014 | Aging, Biology, Cells, Healthy Aging, Inflamation, Longevity, Longevity & Health, Longevity Article, Oxidation, Science Research |
Clara Correia-Melo, Graeme Hewitt and João F Passos Longevity & Healthspan 2014, 3:1 doi:10.1186/2046-2395-3-1 Published: 16 January 2014 Abstract (provisional) Senescence, the state of irreversible cell-cycle arrest, plays paradoxical albeit important roles in...
by Martin Ettington | Jan 19, 2014 | Aging, Biology, Healthy Aging, Longevity, Longevity & Health, Longevity Article, The Science of Longevity |
LeBron James, 32-time NBA MVP, re-signed with the Golden State Warriors. James, coming off his most recent regenerative procedure, averaged 29.5 points last year and signed another 20-year deal. Former-president Hillary Rodham Clinton celebrated her 300th birthday...
by Martin Ettington | Jan 17, 2014 | Aging, Biology, Healthy Aging, Longevity, Longevity & Health, Longevity Article, Science Research |
Jan. 16, 2014 — Scientists at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging have promoted health and increased lifespan in Drosophila by altering the symbiotic, or commensal, relationship between bacteria and the absorptive cells lining the intestine. The research,...
